Given name & surname · also Sanskrit
Sinha
“lion”
Sinha is a surname from Sanskrit (ultimately Punjabi).
Meaning & origin
What it means
Sinha goes back to Sanskrit सिंह (siṁha), meaning “lion.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Sinha comes from Sanskrit, and ultimately from Punjabi.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In English usage, Sinha as a surname developed from सिंह.
Sinha’s family of names
In English usage, Sinha as a surname shares an earlier linguistic root with Singh. In English usage, Sinha as a surname developed from the Hindi form सिंह.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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